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SANDERSVILLE, GA., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1886.
NUMBER 26.
Olty of SanderiTllle.
Mayor.
J, N. Gilmore,
ENDED IN BLOOD.
TO THE TOHB.
Aldermen.
W. R Thigpen,
B E. Rouoiitoiy,
J. B Roberts,
A. M. Mayo.
8. G. Lang.
AS ALL OTIltiJl LIKE MOVEMENTS
DO THESE DATS.
‘U It. WALTER OOJIDON AT REST.
Clerk.
0. 0. BttOW*.
Treasurer
J. A. Inwnr.
Marshal
J. B. Whddok,
A. C. WRIGHT,
attorney at law,
105 Bay St., Savannah, Ga.
0&-VYI!,!, PRAOTIOR IX ALL THE COURTS.
E. S. LANGMADE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SANDERSVILLE, Ga.
U. D. Ivin, J*
EVANS & EVANS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
SANDERVILLE, GA.
F. H. SAFFOLD,
attorney at law,
SANDERSVILLE, GA.
Will practice in all the Court* of tli*
Mid'lle Circuit And in the countic*
mrro idling Washington. Special at*
tfiitioii given to commercial law.
V. K. Uim
0. U. Boosiu.
HINES & ROGERS,
Attorneys at Law,
SANDER8VILLE, GA.
Will I'ractico in iho counties of Wuhingto-i,
Jefferion, Johnston, Emanuel And Willitnann,
>nit in tlie U. H. Court) for ttie Southern Dii*
t i. t nf Oeorgi).
Will «ct n« Agent) In buying, idling or rent*
ing Ileal EUnte.
Oflleo on West side of Pnblio Square.
OctlUtr
a W. H. WHITAKER,
DENTIST,
SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA.
TERMS CASH.—
W Offin.i at li!) reehlouoo, on Uarrli street.
Apr20-’80
H. S. HOLLIFIELD,
Physician & Surgeon,
SANDERSVILLE, GA.
Oflic# next door to Mrs. Bnvm's Mlllinorj
ttiir,., on Harris street.
HUY YOU It
•PECi
FROM
JEK,Krxa-^.lsr,
(Nona genuine without our trade mark.)
ox IIAX I) AND FOR SALE
SPECTACLES, NOSE GLASSES, Etc., Etc.
Watches, Clocks
JEWELRY
HKPAIRBD BY
JERUia-AlT.
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department
""r-plieil with all tlie requisite* for doing
• II liiiida of Job and Boole work in FiraL
Clans Stylo. Promptly anil at Rea
sonable Price*.
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Tw / *0*
Lp/ EADING6,
1BBS,
bedding cards,
VISITING CARDS, ’
BUSINESS CARDS,
Pnn ^ BALL CARDS.
E0STER8, ■<
handbills,
4 PROGRAMMES,
STATEMENTS,
The Onirnge on the Part or Men Who Uuxht
to Have Kept the Pence— I*nr-
tlvulnr* of the Plglit.
It looks a* though ovory locked out
man at the stock yards in Chicago was
ready to go to work. All uround the
tho larger houses, the alleys were filled
with hundreds of men, waiting for an
opportunity to talk with tho bosses.
flU’liur ♦ r\ # t a
V • LUVJ UUBStiS.
Owing to a scarcity of hogs, however,
very few men are being engaged. Ar
mour & Cl \ will start shortly. Tlie Chi*
cago packing and provision company are
a little behind Armour, uud they have
very few hogs on hand. Fowler ‘Broth
ers will probably begin killing in a few
days, and other houses as soon us they
can get hogs. The price of hogs on
change at yards advanced 25 rents per
100 pounds this morning.
As about a hundred discharged Pink
erton men were on their way to the city
iu cur« from the r.tock yards, they were
hooted and stoned by n crowd of strikers
near Fortieth street. One of them, in
exasperation, finally fired his Winches
ter into the crowd through a car win
dow, mortally wounding Dcunis Bagley,
a well to do tcnmstcr. '
Word was immediately sent to the Chica
go authorities, nnd upon the arrival of the
train here tho entire lot of Pinkerton
men together wi’li somi forty non-union
workmen who were also on the train,
were arrested nnd looked up in Harrison
street station.
From later nceounts it appeals that the
shooting was not confined to one. man,but
that, all tho Pinkerton men joined in tlie
fusilade. When the train passed through
a crowd at Halstead street they were
again greeted with jeers, when a largo,
stom, red faced man, clothed in a Pink
erton uniform, stepped out on the buck
platform and fired llis revolver into tho
crowd, this was tho signal for a gener
al volley, nnd tifto n or twenty Pinker
ton men begnu to fire their lilies from
car windows. Fully thirty shots were
fired. The fence nnd shanties along tho
truck were mnrked with bullets.
The stock yards strike, which prom
ised to pnss into history ns a bloodless
one, hns been attended by the sncrntico
of humnn life. Terrcy Begley and
another man were mortally wounded by
the Pinkerton men this afternoon, and
some hundred nnd fifty of tho latter
wero arrested await disposition on tho
charge of murder. All Imt six were
afterward released. The Pinkerton men
say that the strikers made the assault
first with stones nnd then with revolvers,
and that they made no attack until they
had been fired upon. Captain C. Ilar-
key said, however, that tlie Pinkerton
men did the first shooting without any
provocation. Captain .Joy was in charge
of tlie Pinkerton men when the shooting
occurred. He was standing on the rear
platform. He said that tlie men picked
out by the city police arc not the guilty
parties. He said, ulso, that strikers
gather'd about tlie car four hundred
strong just as they were about starting
and began pelting them w ith stones and
some of them shot at them.
“We were sent down there,’’ said Cap
tain Joy, “to preserve the pence, not to
disturb it, but when sonic of my tnen
were tired upon hev returned it, think
ing perhaps that the lives of tlie em
ployees who were in their charge were iu
danger. 1 was standing on tlie rear plat
form nf the train at the time I rushed
into the train and ordered them to stop
firing. 1 did not know what injury was
done until I came into tho city.
William A. Pinkerton says he lias am
ple proof that Ids men did not fire upon
the crowd until they had hci n fired up
on. ( buries Beck, one of the men, wli >
whs in a ear ahead of the one from which
the shooting was done, says tho crowd
tired at least five shots before the fire
was returned. Oue of the bullets passed
through tlie ear nnd imbedded itself in
an opposite wall. Bricks and stones
were tlien thrown until the side of the
car was well battered up-
Mr. Pinkerton says the men lmd been
the subjects of constant assaults and
abuse while in the yards, and two of
them ire now laid up with wounds that
may prove fatal.
'a liiiiiuslna Funeral—TheUnto<Ttyl-uuril)
Hu- (lovi-rnore Horen (timed* unit the
University (tinduntca nf tho City
Attend—The Hi-rvlce nt I linreli
nnd Cemetery.
The remains of Mr. Walter 8. Gordon
reached Atlanta, Monday last oil tho 12:80
Richmond and Danville train A large
number of friends awaiting the arrivul of
the train, and by the time it reached the
depot a very lnrgc crowd had gathered.
! lie remains were nccompnnied by Gen.
and Mrs. Gordon nnd tlicir daughter,
Mit-s Fannie, nnd the berenvod nndhenrt-
BIRMINGHAM’S NEW BANE.
A Great A**re*nllon of Wealthy Hunk
er*.
The stockholders of the Alabama State
bank, nf Birmingham, met and unani
mously resolved to increase tlie capital
stock to half a million dollars, and con
vert it into Alabama. Three-fourths of
the new stock has already been taken.
There have been many applications from
abroad for tbo balauoe, but tlie manage
ment uro holding this back for business
men and citizens here. One inn tele
graphed for $00,000. Tlie nc.v bank
will bo called the Alabama Nat io: id hank.
It will have the largest capital stock of
any bnnk in Alabama, nnd more 11 an all
the other banks here combin' 1. Among
the solid men who have taken slock are
Josiali Morris, of Montgomery, one of
the ablest banker in tho United tales;
Mr. E. Norton, the new and live presi
dent of tho Qutcn and Crescent; Mr.
Felton, president of the Kentucky Na
tional bank, of Louisville; Mr. Johnston,
president of the First National bank,
Columbus, Miss.; Mr. Bpnrr, president of
the/Commerce National bank, Nashville;
and several other prominent bankers
The state bank has been ably managed,
and hns been wonderfully sueces-ful.
President Joseph F. Johnston has made a
successful banker and financial manager,
and has the confidence ol the whole state.
Mr John W. Reid, the cushicr, has daily
added to bis reputation an a careful and
prompt business man.
FAILURE IN RICHMOND.
\ Osterlougb, of Richmond, Va., a
huge dealer and shipper of leaf tobacco,
made a deed of trust to A. L. Boulware
for the benefit of his creditors. The only
creditors named are the First National
bank!"*/ Richmond, $60 000, and Union
fctrt 000. The deed conveys about
A »|.».
dottier with tb* collateral that the banks
already hold, will secure th*)» inahlu-
lions.
broken widow and her two little girls.
Judge and Mrs. Bigby, Major F. C.
Gordon and other relatives mid fricuds
met them and escorted them to the car
i ages awaiting outside, Mrs. Gordon
leaning on tlie arm of General Gordon.
Among those who met the train was
the body of the state university gradu
ates of the city, nearly a hundred in
number, each wearing white gloves. The
Governor’s Horse Guards nnd the Gate
City Guards.
From the depot the funeral procession,
headed by Pnrkcr’s band, followed by
the two military companies, the hearse,
the university graduates, and a lung line
of carriages, went to tho Second Baptist
c.l urcli.
The church was crowded before tho
funeral cortege arrived. After the casket
was placed in position in tho church, the
quartette, sang in a most impressive
manner “Their Sun Shall no More go
down.”
I)r. McDonald’s prnyer was a most
bi
beautiful one, nnd brought tears to the
eves of many present. “Angels Ever
Bright and Fair,” was then beautifully
reudered. After the discourse bv Dr.
McDonald, tho sh.eld over the face of
the dead was removed nnd tho counte
nance was seen by ninny who slowly
passed by the coffin. Thu scene when
his widow nppronehod the coffin har
rows description. She asked General
Gordon to let her see the face the second
time, saying in her sobs that “She kniw
that it was smiling at her.” The counte
nance was perfectly natural in its expres
sion, nnd seemed to bear the gentle
smile which characterized it in life. The
little three months-old daughter was held
over the coffin by its nurse to see its
father’s nee for the last time.
At the cemetery after prayer, “Nearer
My God to Thee” was sung, that having
always been the favorite song of Mr,
Gordon. The coffin was lowered, nnd
the lurge assemblage returned to the
dty.
BUSINESS COMPLICATIONS.
Two Ltrn Firm) la Nashville Clnril Up.
Hindi Bros. & Co,, nnd llirscli it
Lowenstcin, tne former one of the largest
cowensiein, tne lormcr one ol tlie largest
dry goods houses south, were dosed by
attachments aggregating oue hundred
aggregating on
ul dollars. Malone A
and fifteen thousund
Gaines, attorneys for Messrs. L cb A
Sdioncficld, of New York, filed a trust.
Dill in chancery court against llirscli
Bros. & Co., for $2,208 17. Hirsch &
Lowcnstein, clothiers dosed their stores
and the sheriff took charge of the estab
lishment. The fuilure of these houses
created much excitement throughout the
city. Businessmen and all others who
held accounts against the firm huutcd up
attorneys to represent them iu tho mat
ter of their claims. A large crowd sur
rounded the house soou after the an
nouncement was mode, nnd the cause of
iho failure were discussed in all their
hearings. In the meantime the customers
were arriving, nnd finding tho doors
dosed, stood around to learn the facts.
By noon the sidewalk in front of tho
building was thronged with people.
Many pressed their way dose up to tho
plate glass doors and peered in, nut only
seeing the salesmen moving about with
their hands in thsir pockets, fell back to
allow others the same privilege. It was
a genuine sensation, though in comincr-
dul circles the failure was not unexpect
ed. The misfortune is regretted by their
many friends, who hope that they inny
soon resume. The total liabilities are
$200,000. The assets are unknown, but
thought to be about $60,000.
TUOMA8 A. Mil,I.Kit KILLED.
Some time since Jake Hill rode by the
homo of Mr. Joseph Miller, Sr., the fath
er of Mr. Thomas A. Miller. Seeing s
little grand child of Mr, Miller’s in tin
yard, Hill telling the girl that she was a
liar and threatening to “beat" her grand
father if found, got down from his horse
and searched tlie house. On Widnesday
ail congregated nt Lotbair. Ilill was
there, and Mr. Miller, although nearly
ilk ‘
nearly eighty years of age, walked up to
him and told him that he had been in
formed that he fllill) wished to whip
mid
him, nnd now, ririit there, they would
settle it by a fair fight. Mr David Mil
ler came to 1 is father’s aid, and when
Hill saw him coming he drew his knife
and said, with an oath, “I’ll kill you.”
Young Miller also drew his knife, hut
before the combatants could come to
gether Mr. Thomas A. M filer stepped up
and endeavored to separate them. When
Tom Miller came up, I J. Duvis, stand
ing near, said: “Stand buck; don’t all
jump on Jake Hill.” .Miller put his hand
on Davis’s breast and pushed him back
wards. Davis asked Miller what he had
to do with it, and Miller replied that he
wanted to sett'e the difficulty amicably,
at the same tirr.e turning his back to Da
vis. Davis commenced firing on Miller
as soon his back was turned, and Miller
retreated until the third shot from Davis’
pistol lodged iu the back of his neck,
runging upward to the brain. Miller
lived only a few minutes after being
allot, and the only words spoken was an
ay peal for water. As soon as Davis saw
that he had killad Miller, he endeavored
to escape, but Mr. Joseph Miliar, Jr,,
avid Mr. David Miller, brother* of the
dead man, arrested him and brought him
back. The coroner being summoned) s
buy was impanneled,. the verdiet of
nich was “willful murder.”
THE WOOL CLIP.
Ban Ajisonjo, Tex.— Those who lire
posted on the wool market predict- that
ibe reason's clip will not• exceed ■
THE YELLOW FEYER.
IT* PREVALENCE AT BILOXI ES
TABLISHED.
Reported That the People Have lleen Uiiry-
tii# Itodln) Heerntly Every Nliiht for
Two Wcelta—A Quarantine Declared
Against MlnUnlppI—Tke Pro.
clamallan tunned.
1 • • ' r it .vm i , . p ,
(jflo pound?, for the ren.viu that the sheep
arc not .shearing aa heavily as expected,
The state board of health of Louisiana,
having received information of tho prey
alonceof fever nt lliioxi, Miss., eighty
miles from New Orleans, and tlm death
there of a number of persons from this'
cause, had a special meeting in Nejr Or
leans to consider the matter. The state
ments made before the board show that
an itinerant mechanic named Sumpter,
who carno from Biloxi,died at Mississippi
City. The attending physician pro
nounced Sumpter’s disease to be bilious
fever, but the nurse said ho vomited
“black stuff.” This nurse is a man who
enjoys the respect and confidence of ev
erybody. Dr. Walker mndo the alarm
ing statement, ns coming from people
from Biloxi, that nearly every family
there bad cases of fever. lie "was told
that in all there existed up to Inst night
27G cases; that for the past two weeks
people were being buried quietly nt
night, nnd that in the daytime bodies
were laid away surreptitiously, but in re
ply to a question by Mnyor Million, Dr.
Walker said such a profoun 1 and alarm
ing stnto of nflairs could hardly exist
without his knowing something of it.
Charles Mnrslmll, superintendent of
the Louisvillo and Nashville railroad,who
was summoned before the hoard, stated
that he was told that Dr. Lemon had
pronounced the enuso of his wifo’s death
at Biloxi, ns yellow fever. Marshall had
received a telegram from tho stntion
ngont saying there wore 80 or 40 cases at
Biloxi, nnd thnt. Drs. Lemon nnd Mubin
hnd difficulty about tho nature of tlie
fever, Dr. Lctnon ndh'ring to the belief
it was unquestionably yellow fever.
Dr. Holt urged the board to take im
mediate action to meet tlie demands
promptly in this important question. He
urged that there wa* no time to be lost,
and that means of protection were the
paramount consideration, und pointed
out tho violation of their pledge made
by tho mayor and board of health at
Biloxi.
Dr. Oliphnnt moved that immediate
steps bo taken to protect New Orleans
from an invasion by yellow fever, uow at
Biloxi, and that a quarantine be forth
with declared against tha' place. A
quarantine was declared by tho board.
THE TERRIBLE WRECK.
THE COTTON PICKER.
INAUGURATION.
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THI TURN OF THE TIDE.
THE TEST PRONOUNCED A GRAND
SUCCESS BT A COMMITTEE.
PROGRESS ON THE PLANS JOB
THIS NOTABLE EVENT.
The (rial af tka Macao Cattoa Harvester at
Hauler, H. C. Krgreaealollvee from the
New Yerk Codec Exchange.
The success of the Mason cotton picker,
which wa* indisputably demonstrated in
Sumpter, 8. C., to-day, aigniflea a new
era in cotton planting and the harvest
ing of the crop. Whilst the machine
cannot yet be termed a complete auccusa,
yet itia so nearly perfected as to antisfy
those who saw it work to-day, that ii
time it will supersede manual labor in
g athering the Btnple from the stalks.
everal rigid practical testa were made
in the presence of repreientatires from
several lea ring cotton exchanges und
others. The New York cotton eiohange
waa represented by Mcssr*. R. II. Round-
tieo, L. C. Lathrop and Thomas M.
Foote, president; A. W. Taft, of tho
Charleston chamber of commerce, and
nearly a dozen prominent citizen* of
that place were present, as were also
Colonel D. P. Duncan, president of the
South Carolina Agricultural and Me-
chanir».l society; W. L. Langtry, of
Newark, N. J.; Captain F. W. Dawson,
editor of the Charleston News and
Courier; J. D. Jerry, collector of the
port of Charleston, besides correspon
dents of northern and western newspa
pers. Mr. C. T. Mason, the inrentor of
the harvester, was present, but did not
operate the machine.
The teat occurred at 11 o’clock in a
three acre field about one mile from
town. The party of visitor* spent half
an hour in examining the curxoua me-
chanicnl devises in the Mason work shop,
and tho invontor explained the structure
of the harvester, then it was brought out
nnd two mule* wns hitched to it. The
es*ential principle of the machine is the
operation into the cotton plants of a
number of stems or fingers which nro so
constructed as to discriminate between a
fibrus and a non-fibres. These stems
arc ifmaU hollow cylinders about on inch
in diameter and about eight inches long.
In tho surface are punched a multitude
of keen teeth, which are set in elliptical
shaped opening*. The points of tho
teeth being in the openings, a e protect
ed by the sides of the openings and
being introduced into the cotton, plant*
pnss narmlessiy over the leaves and opon
bolls, and sieze promptly on the ojien
cotton, transfer it to doxcs on the side*
of the machine, whence it is converted
by carrier belts to bags, which are sus
pended at tlie back of the machine.
The stems rotate around tho cylinders at
the same rate of speed as the plants
move backward through the machine,
DySseeest af Cleseral Cordon Tkoro WI1
He Neltkar Hall Nar Han«uot.
The plans for the inauguration of Gen
eral John B. Gordon as governor of
Georgia have been somewhat changed.
On account of the death of his brother,
who was more than a brother to him,
General Gordon hns requested that there
lie uo ball and no banquet. - In conse
quence, the ceremonies attending tho in
auguration will bt confined to the mili
tary display and tho assembling of the
lonfederntc veterans,
General Fitzhugh Lee, governor of
Virginia, will be present, and will take
part iu the ceremonies. Accompanying
him will come tlie Stuart Horse Guard of
Richmond. This command will bo the
The harbor lights ar* dim with amok*
Which hangs about the under sky,
And wraps tfa* simple flsborfolk
In lurid mist as they go by.
Along the shore th* wind blows free,
Koeu twilight kisses the wan sea
Far out; steer thither, watch with me
The tender etars come out on high."
MADE BY THE STORM AND THE
TIDAL WAVE.
The llrllteb Count Tlilted by tho Sovrital
Mtorui at Yenra—Hundred) of l.tves I.oet.
Tits latest icportsjshow nhnt the effects
of the recent storm on tho soutlirind west
coasts were terrible. A Norwegian bark
foundered off Tintogel, Wales, nnd the
entire crew, consisting of fifteen persons,
perished. Ten bodies were washed
iishoro on Glamorgan coast.
Reports have been received from ull
parts of the kingdom, telling of tlie dis-
usterous effects of tho hurricane. The
British ship Mullory wns wrecked in
Bristol chunnol, and twenty ’persons
drowned. Tlie shore is strewn with
wreckage. The bodies wnslicd ashore
hnd becu stripped of valuables by the
wreckers. The Norwegian bnrk Frederi-
kstad, from Muttsquetosh, N. B., for
Swansea, was wrecked off Padstow, and
nineteen persons drowned. The bark
Allianco was also wrecked off Padstow,
and four lives lost. Another largo bnrk
was seen to be in distress, the crew boing
huddled together on deck. The vessel
foundered this morning, and twenty
persons were drowned.
A MILLION FLAME.
A Maryland Town DeXrayed by tbo Flauirs.
A fire which started in a small frame
stable swept over tbo entire business
portion of tlie village. A brisk wind
from the southeast spread the flames ra pid-
ly, while the inhabitants stood by power
less to prevent destruction, as tlie dry
frame buildings burned too fiercely to be
checked by the small fire apparatus. As
sistance has been asked from Orisficld
and Wilmington. No lives are lost.
BURNED TO DEATH.
A negro woman who was severely
burned on the place of Mr. M. Cameron
of Camilla, Ga., died. Her first expla
nation was that her husband, Jim Wil
liams, bad choked her and held her in
tlie fire, and she never afterward waver
ed in hern8sertious. Jim is in Albany
jail awaiting tho verdict of a jury. The
crime if it be one, is as brutal as war
ever chronicled.
A CHURCH THIEF ARRESTED.
A negro name Brown was arrested here
on suspicion. In his r. om were found
four Bibles, three church clocks, several
fine vestments stolen from an Episcopal
minister,and a silver communion set.
Tho negro had been robbing churches,
and had brought his plunder to Chatta
nooga to dispose of it. Tho conimuniou
set wus stolen from a Birmingham church.
THE VICTIM DIBS.
John Mason, proprietor of the Broad
way House, Nashville, Tenn., who was
badly cut iu an affray with J. C. Fowler,
deputy revenue collector, died from his
wounds. The reuse of the trouble was
an old feud occasioned by Fowler’s ar
resting Mason years ago for illegality in
running bis distillery. Fowler claims
that the tutting was accidental.
MARY ANDERSON'.*! DONATION.
Dr»u.o«, Oetober 18.--~M.i8s Mary An
derson has subscribed $2,5w for the ben-
ctit of the suffer** by the Charleston
c m thqusko. The sum represents the net
prop cds of her penformanees during tho
jci-t week for the benefit of the »uf-
,, •
special guests of tho Governor’s Horse
Q\ '
3uard
In 1888 the Governor’s Horse Guard
wont to Richmond to act as the special
escort of General Lee at a grai d reunion
of troops during tho Virginia stato fair.
On arriving it Richmond it was found
that the name of every member of the
Governor's Horse Guard had been plaoed
at tho three social clubs of Richmond, a
compliment extended only to the Gov
ernor's Horse Gunrd by the members of
the Stuart Horse Guard.
When the command arrives In Atlanta
it will be quartered and mounted by the
Governor’s Horse Guard.
Within the next few days the commit
tee in charge of the inauguration will
pla
have their plans fully matured, and will
then announce them to the publio.
CHASED BY BLOODHOUNDS.
Haxry Estrs MaUr* nn Interotlitf Ram far
IiUlorty.
Birmingham, Ala.—James Hanley,
‘ ht
deputy Sheriff of Blount county, broug'
to the city, Henry Estes, a white con
vict, who escaped from the rock quar
ries at Blount Springs, nnd who was
caught after one of the most exciting
hunts with blood bounds ever recorded.
The prisoner was sent up from Walker
county sixty days ago, to serve nit a
sentcnco <>f that length. He made a bold
dash for liberty Saturday morning,
knowing ho would bo immediately turn
ed over to the authorities of Jefferson
county forhorso stealing. He was work-
‘ ‘ ‘ I in
ing on the top of the limestone quarry,
vnit'
thus preventing any injury to the plants
row* of cotton between which
Th* row* of cotton between which the
machine passed were about four feot
apart. The plants were only moderately
well fruited, the strike containing im
mature bolls and much dried leaves,
owing to the protracted dry spell.
A large percentage of the hofls were
partly opened while many others were
burst with tiie filmy whit# substance.
The harvester worked exactly seventeen
minutes and some three or four long
rows were almost cleaned of tho matured
cotton. Such bushes os were passed over
were pretty well robbed, but a few
white pods escaped the keen toothed cyl
inders. It is estimated that some eighty
per cent of the cotton was bagged at the
expiration of the seventeen minutes.
The cotton was taken from the bags and
weighed and was found to weigh forty-
eight pounds. Nearly all the practical men
who watched the operation of the pick
er, are satisfied that it can pick two
thousand pounds of cotton in ten hours.
This equals the work of twenty average
hands.
After the trial your correspondent
asked Mr. Langtry, of New York, who
is a distinguished mechanic, what ho
thought of the invention, and he ruid:
“Of course, it is not yet perfect, but,
i *e all great inventions, must bo* per
fected bi ’
Iclx is one thousand feet perpendicular
at one point. The rock stainla out n
few feet, enough to hide n man from
view, which lie slipped behind and
crawled on iris ullfours the distance of
two hundred yards, pulled up tin- >11
lance of two hundred feet by l.is hands
nnd teeth, holding to slender burin!*.
Ho wns compelled to suspend himself in
the air several times to climb up sncc. ss-
fully, nnd atone time beheld on by his
teeth to a small sapling, because* his
hands wore so blistered. When lie reach
ed the to]i he wns exhausted and laid
down to rest. He was awakened by the
yelp of tho blood hounds who were look
ing for his trail, which they had found
but could not follow up tin* steep lime
stone cliff. He got a start, nnd ran like
a deer over the mountain roads and
jy slow processes, I am confl
dent, however, that the thing, even in
its p esent condition, is a success. The
principle is unquestionably tho only cor
rect one which an inventor hns yet hit
upon. This harvester, when made per
fect, will supercede human beings as cot
ton pickers. The members of the New
York cotton exchange, while not so cm-
plintic in their praise, are, nevertheless,
favorably impressed with the device us
ono of the greatest inventions of tho
age. The inventor hns lately devised
several ingenuous improvements, which
he thinks will do much towards perfect
ing the harvester. Tho harvester com
pany gave a banquet to the distinguished
visitors and a number of eloquent
speeches were made by Messrs. Round-
tree and Foote, of New York; Captain
Davidson and Colonel Smith, of Charles
ton, nnd several other gentlemen. An
official report will be submitted to tho
New York cotton exchange.
VERY QUIET AT CHARLESTON.
RETURNED HOME A CORPSE.
FRACTAICIDE IN CAROLINA.
The Palmette State Htlll Furalehla* Htau-
tlone.
Charleston, 8. O.—Iu Barnwell county
on Sunduy, E. J. Rowell killed his
brother, E. L. Rowell. They bud in
tended to go fishing together, when they
became involved in a qimricl. E. j.
Rowell cursed his brother and dared him
FIRE NEAR TtlOMAHTU.J.t
to advnuce upon him, when the wife of
” id
the murdered man interposed and suc
ceeded in taking the husband away. The
quarrel was renewed by E. J. Rowell,
who hud secured a gun He again cursed
his brother, who tore away from his wife
and started to ndvnneo upon E. J. Row
ell, who fired. Rowell fell almost in
the arms of his wife and died in a few
hours. The murderer wns arrested to
day, but speaks of the killii g in the most
unconcerned way. Both were murried.
'] he murdered man left a wife and eight
childrod.
t PUTNA II CIMKH/ME HUE NEK.
THE CUBAN MAIL ISTRAMERN.
THE MINISTER TO MEXICO.
Tli* Or* Mr* Anxious to Cultivate ftod
Relations.
El Paso—-The new nti ister to Mexi
co, Judge Manning of Louisiana,,found
awaiting him hew a special car, which
hud l/iep setj.t on from the City of Meji-
<;.*> ior his accQmo.dati.ou. TTiffre seems to
1 ■ a universal desire in Mexico to be as
: i nily and ns kind ns possible to the
uew minister.
through gullies nnd on up cliffs. He
‘ )d
eluded the hounds and was climbing over
the limestone cliff of Jack Blankets
mountain, twelve miles distant, when
he looked across on tlie other mountains,
a distance of threo miles, nnd saw Messrs.
James Hanley and William King on
horseback, riding at full speed, with six
blood hounds following his trail. IIo ran
on and soon heard the yelp of the
hounds, nnd dim jod up a tree. He. was
discovered by the dogs baring at tlip
roots of it, and knew he v ns riiliged to
surrender, which he did. and wax brought,
back to the JefTi rsan county pii-,sou
where he will await his, trial "for horse
stealing.
Charleston—The city is very quiet,
though active in business circles. The
relief committee so far has authorized
the repair of 844 houses of persons who
are unable to do any work without any
assistance, but tlie amount granted in
every case excluded plastering,
MURDER IN AMERIOUO,
A cutting affray took place Saturday
night at the house of Annie Moore, of
Americus, Ga., a woman of bad reputa
tion. Pat Erskine, of Atlanta, was se
verely cut, and died from the wounds
Tuesday afternoon. Henry Black and
the woman are under arrest for the crime.
Frank Whitner, colored, was brought
to Westminister, 8. O., a corpse on tlie
noon train from Atlanta. He wus shot
and killed by another negro at some
S oint on the Georgia Pacific railroad, iu
.labama, on last Thursday. The remains
were carried to Walhalla for interment
whsr* the family of the deceased lived.
_ThomasVILI.H, Ga.—The residence,
kitchen and smokehouse of Mr. Dan
Forest, ten miles south of Thomasville,
were completely destroyed by lire. Mr.
Forest was absent from home, No in
surance.
Eatonton, Ga.—The ginliouse of Mr.
Robert Young is burned. Eight bales of
cotton, besides 2.* 00 bushels of cotton
seed, wero consumed. The total loss
will loot up $1,000.
From November 1st, mail sti mners
will sail on a twenty-five hour schedule
from Tampa, Fla., to Hava a, Cuba, on
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, in
stead or semi-weekly, as (hiring the dim
mer months.
“This is a wonderful age. Just think
of that submarine boat going under the
water and staying under foi
’’ — —uutav* *OT IlfcLf flU
hour.” “Tbst's nothing. The Oregon
went under water months ego, and she is
there jot.”—Tseas Bif“-“
'7”.
The sky is deepening overhead;
The sail flaps loose; the wind hat died;
Tho water laps the boat like lead;
Faint ripples plash against the side
And shimmer with unearthly light;
The harbor lights are out of sight;
W<* drift Into a starleea night
Together on the ebbing tide.
How still—how strange—the tide 1* slack,
Wo eddy round—We drift no morel
What swell is that which sweeps us back
To where the gathering breakers roar
About the pale unlighted land!
Can any tell if we shall stand
Safe in the morning, band in hand,
Upon the steep and rock-bound shoreF*
—Boston Advertiser.
PITH AND POINT.
An after-dinner speech—“Check, sir."
—Life
Grain “ought to go up” in Chicago
with so many tali elevators here.—Na
tional Weekly.
A lawn party is pleasant enough until
it begins to rain. Then it becomes a tor-
lorn party.—Lowell Citizen,
“Always aim a little higher than tho
mark,” says an exchange. What, k ss a
girl on the noHe? Never 1—Statesman.
“What can give such finish to a room
as a tender woman’s facet" asks a writer.
A tender woman’s scrubbing rag.—Bur-
lin/jton Free l*reei.
When gloomy night’s dark vapors disappear.
And silver-throated warblers gi oet thu day,
cken-coop *
’Tin t hen that in tho chicken-coop wo hem*
Blithe Biddy proudly ca kling o’er her lay.
—Boston Courier.
An exchange says that a great ma iy
ra ~
hermits have been discovered in Penn
sylvania. That’s always tho case about
tax collecting time.—Burlington Free
Press.
“Garments without buttons” are ad
vertised. Evidently tho cast-off clothing
of bachelor# who don’t know how to
handle thread and needle.—NorrUtotcn.
Herald.
“Women can doa great doal of talking
with their eyes,” snys n Philadelphia
editor, who hus evidently steppe I on a
beauty’s dress in a crowded ball room.—
Omaha World.
‘Bah Jove, Cliarloy,” said a young
man at a ball, “Miss 8. asked mo mu
I wouldn’t bo kind enougli to bring her
some coffee, and, don’t ye know, we’ve
never boen introduced. What do you
think of that, eh?” “What do T think
of it?" replied Charley. “Why, I think
she mistook you for one of the waiters.”
—New York Sun.
Circus Contortionists.
The perforators of what ore known aa
“contortion acts,” says the Chicago Inter-
Ocean, are ordinarily emaciated, loosely-
jointed persons, like ill-made manikins
that have a tendency to tumble down in
heaps, and their doing of unnatural und
preposterous things seems easy ciiou_>h
for such creatures, who have uo mmclo
to get in the way of tho bones that they
fling so cnrelossly about
Hence it is rather surprising to sec a
person who is a model of physical per
fection do theso same feuts, and wli* n
that person happens to bo nn extraordi
narily beautiful young woman, graceful
in every movement as a kitten ar un in
fant, with the perfect form of un ideal
Venus and the strength of n young lion
ess, surprise blends most happily with
admiration.
But such performers exist. One is Miss
Julian, who is uow performing with her
brother at Barnum’s circus.
This phenomenal foraalo was taught,
iby'
her art by her mother, and was only live
years old when sho received her first les
sons, and was kept in training for three
years before she made her first appear
ance in public in Melbourne, where she
was barn. Her mother had been a con
tortionist before her, and her father waa
an athlete; so Doth were fully competent
to give her the necessary instruction cov
ering a wide range of pcrfoimuncev, of
which the contortion acts arc only a
part.
Before making her a pearanca in pub
lic it is nc ccssury to work in the dress
ing-room for tun or,fifteen minutes, in
order that she may get thoroughly
warmed or “limbered up,” which exer
cise is similar to the public performance
—bending in all directions, balancing,
twisting and so on. Clubs, dumb-b Ms
and other apparatus are never u*e 1, ns
they are not necessary, and nothing is
done in tho way of dieting or any oilier
exercise except that which is incidental
to her performance to keep nor in train-
Bhe
ing. She weighs 145 pounds anil is five
feet three iuches high.
There is uo foundation to tho popular
notion that contortionists rub themselves,
or are rubbed, with certain oils to limb r
the joints and make their limbs more
tloxible. The only things needed to
make a contortionist are natural aptitude
for tho work and long, patient practice,
begun at an early age. The work in urea
no one, and most persons rather like it.
A Midnight Battle With a I'anllter
A few dayssince John Me A tee, a prom
inent mountaineer of West Virginia,
started from a neighbor’s residence nt
nightfall for bis home, several miles off.
The path he followed led through thick
Ddla
woodlands. It had grown intensely
dark, and he was stumbling along tlie
path when his blood curdled at the hor
rible scream of a panther, apparently
some distance away. He hesitated to
retrace his steps, when the scream was
heard again, this time much closer. Mc-
Atee realized that the beast was on hia
trail, and drawing a la ge sheath-knife,
the only wrap m he carried, he boldly
E ashed forwaid. He had traversed ncr
aps two hundred yaids wheilhhe crack
ling of twigs in a low tree a few yards
ahead attracted his attention,, Looking
up he saw two frightful balls of fire
Eriarir
Taring at him. The next iniiment the
beast spraug upon him A bloody battle
took plena, in which"thp panther woe
killed and the mail b«Ry*wounded, 'Lfie
beast measured eight feet.—^VWte/ff*
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